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« on: Monday, September 10, 2007, 20:29:04 » |
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Well, it seems as though, despite my most voical protests, as though I will have to endure a very long and immensely boring journey within the next couple of weeks using Thailand's world beating rail system (YES I am being CUNTING well sarcastic). And so I will be needing a good read to keep me company, any recommendations?
FFS, WHAT WHERE PLANES INVENTED FOR :x :x :x
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ronnie21
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The Mighty Hankerton
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« Reply #1 on: Monday, September 10, 2007, 20:54:13 » |
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Andy King's coaching manual? Iffy's "I had to do it on the cheap"? Dennis Wise's "I only have eyes for Ken"? or Paul Sturrock's "Fuck knows who's the boss"?
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« Reply #2 on: Monday, September 10, 2007, 21:02:13 » |
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I had a great time on the train. bangkok to chang mai. I read damage done and had a good sleep.
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Rigobert Song La la la
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« Reply #3 on: Monday, September 10, 2007, 22:23:12 » |
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yes man is a very funny book too.
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« Reply #4 on: Monday, September 10, 2007, 22:33:26 » |
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Pratt a Manger by David Nobbs was excellent, finished it last week.
About to tackle Mike Athertons autobiography.
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DMR
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« Reply #5 on: Monday, September 10, 2007, 22:34:08 » |
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Oh, 50 Facts that Should Change the World. Amazing.
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« Reply #6 on: Monday, September 10, 2007, 22:50:11 » |
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a couple of good books i've read recently:
break point by vince spadea - pro tennis player
moneyball by michael lewis - about how the oakland a's win more major league baseball matches other than two or three sides despite having a third of the budget of almost every other side
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« Reply #7 on: Tuesday, September 11, 2007, 07:53:12 » |
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I had a great time on the train. bangkok to chang mai. I read damage done and had a good sleep. Jimbo, Is that the book by Warren Fellows? I read that before i went to Bangkok and wished that i hadnt when i got to Don Mwang airport! |
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Sad to say, i must be on my way
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« Reply #8 on: Tuesday, September 11, 2007, 07:59:24 » |
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If you've never seen the film, or have but years ago try "The Godfather - Mario Puzo" the best book I have ever read. Only problem is you won't be able to put it down so you'll finish it before you know it!
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« Reply #9 on: Tuesday, September 11, 2007, 09:35:09 » |
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I seem to just be reading disturbing books at the moment, I started Steppenwolf by Herman Hesse but put it down for too long so will have to start afresh. Then I read Everyman by Phil Roth, a book about a man's gradual decent towards death and the illnesses that debilatate him along the way. Ends quite nicely though.
Now I'm just finishing Hunger by Knut Hamsen, a novel about the near starvation and increasing insanity of a man wandering the streets of Oslo. fascinating and disturbing in equal measures.
Has anybody read anything by Murakami?
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« Reply #10 on: Tuesday, September 11, 2007, 09:49:22 » |
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I had a great time on the train. bangkok to chang mai. I read damage done and had a good sleep. Jimbo, Is that the book by Warren Fellows? I read that before i went to Bangkok and wished that i hadnt when i got to Don Mwang airport! yeah its great isnt it. haha |
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« Reply #11 on: Tuesday, September 11, 2007, 10:00:50 » |
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i think that book is an obligatory read in thailand  i read it on koh samed. try some dickens. no really. ive been getting back into dickens, he really was the master of a tale. it like morse but better. |
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« Reply #12 on: Tuesday, September 11, 2007, 10:13:45 » |
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yeah every single person is reading that, the beach or the game. all very entertaining!
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« Reply #13 on: Tuesday, September 11, 2007, 10:14:50 » |
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Dickens is amazing,his stories are so full of weird and wonderful characters with equally weird names and they go on for ages.My favourite is probably Martin Chuzzlewit,a early one and very funny.The books towards the end of his life are a bit hard to read for me,though Our Mutal friend is incredible. Currently reading Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides and its fantastic.Didcot Library is running a Big gay read section [which Middlesex is a part of] and i picked up three books  |
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I was a small, fat child in a welfare house
There was only one thing I ever dreamed about
And fate has just
Handed it to me - whoopee
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STFCBird
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« Reply #14 on: Tuesday, September 11, 2007, 10:23:06 » |
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I'm reading sex for dummies |
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